Mixed-Ability Dancers Have True Grit I had to look up the word Grit, the title of the recent piece presented by Karen Peterson and Dancers. It’s not that I didn’t know what the word meant, but wondered how it was to be put to use in a dance piece. Struggle, the fight for a place in the world and fear were all played out in this one hour dance. For those of you who don’t know, Karen Peterson and Dancers have been presenting integrated dance for 25 years in South Florida. Her c

Months in the making, Karen Peterson and Dancers' latest work, GRIT, debuts in its entirety this Thursday and Friday at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. The defining piece touches on the human experience, and is intended to showcase the strength of the renowned mixed-abilities company, which is comprised of a host of able-bodied, formally trained dancers and, yes, wheelchair-bound dancers. With nearly 25 years in mixed-abilities dance, Peterson, a long-time Miami choreograph